New Labor Law Class Actions Maintain Top Spot Among Weekly Class Action Lawsuits Filed In California State And Federal Courts

As a resource to California class action defense attorneys, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the relevant timeframe. This report covers the time period from September 4 – 10, 2009. During that time period, 38 new class action cases were initiated in these California state and federal courts. Labor law class actions generally top the list by a wide margin, often accounting for more than half of the new class action lawsuits filed, but class actions alleging violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), which includes false advertising claims, ran a close second this week. This past week, only 14 of the new class action filings involved employment-related claims (37% of the total number of new class actions filed). The only other category to break the 10% threshold involved class actions alleging violations of California’s UCL, with 12 new class action lawsuits (32% of the new class actions filed during the reporting period).

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Michael J. Hassen

Michael J. Hassen's litigation practice spans almost 30 years and emphasizes general business and commercial litigation, including class action defense and unfair business practice representative actions (section 17200).

He represents lenders in all facets of lender litigation, ranging from class actions and unfair business practices based on alleged "predatory" lending and RESPA violations or alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, to claims alleging elder abuse or challenging the validity or priority of liens.

Michael also has significant experience in business torts such as misappropriation of trade secrets and raiding of corporate employees, ADA claims, and all phases of commercial and real estate finance, construction finance and construction defect claims.

He is experienced in appellate matters, having had primary responsibility for preparing more than 100 appellate briefs.